Timotheus Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 For anyone looking for a great monitor/recorder, the BM Video Assist is on sale AND has finally got an anamorphic desqueeze through firmware. Check https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/readme/e4e05190041545a7933378d614ddbfd4 No details yet on desqueeze ratios, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Disappointed at the moment. When I feed it a 4:3 signal from the GH5 and activate 2x desqueeze it cuts off about 30% of the image on the sides. It's like it won't scale the image down enough to fit on the screen. Juank and Grimor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Genheimer Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 What about a 16:9 signal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Same thing. I'm returning it. The only decent 7" monitor with full 2x anamorphic desqueeze is the Atomos Inferno or Flame. SmallHD has an extreme scale down thats so small its not even worth using as a reference monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timotheus Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 The new 5" smallHD Focus is a monitor only (so no recording) but it has different desqueeze options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 14 hours ago, Timotheus said: The new 5" smallHD Focus is a monitor only (so no recording) but it has different desqueeze options. I wonder if it's scaled properly. I have the SmallHD 502, and while it displays 2x desqueezed, it scales way smaller than it should. Black bars appear on both sides of the desqueezed image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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